Case Report: Severe hypernatremia from psychogenic adipsia [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

oleh: Sarah Manning, Rehan Shaffie, Shitij Arora

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: F1000 Research Ltd 2017-01-01

Deskripsi

Hypernatremia is a common emergency room presentation and carries high mortality. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient with who presents with refusal to drink water for several weeks leading to the admission. He was diagnosed with psychogenic adipsia and was treated successfully with fluids, mirtazapine and clonazepam.